as they don't really bother attending or voting then they are at best abstaining where greens, pirates, plaid cymru etc would be voting against the overreaches on patents and copyrights.
I checked the voting records - you are wrong they have voted consistently the right way on those issues.
Seriously though even if Ardis's complaint had been completely legitimate it is still an abuse for him to use his position to influence the police in pursuing the case! An ordinary citizen who had been similarly "wronged" would not be able to call down the legions of policemen in his cause.
Yes - I agree with what you say - however I will take one more pragmatic step.
It is a fact that UKIP have zero chance of any significant representation in the House of Commons (where they might be dangerous). However they are well represented in the European parliament (ironically) because of the voting system. Now the European parliament has zero influence on any of the issues where UKIP policies are bad - but has significant influence over copyrights and patents - where UKIP has consistently had better policies than the thre main parties. So I don't worry about their bad policies when voting in the european elections. I would never vote for them in a UK parliament election though.
The problems with europe simply mirror those that exist anyway with national governments. All other things being equal bigger entities tend to be fairer and have better free speech rights than smaller ones.
Oddly enough UKIP has some good policies (and/or has voted sensibly in the european parliament) on patents, drug legalisation and copyright.
Merely out of curiosity, when was the last time that anyone here ever had any federal agent show up at your door demanding to know why your metadata reveals your terrorist leanings and when/where are you planning on detonating your next car bomb?
I don't think that's how they work - from what Hayden is saying it seems that the first you whould know of it would be a loud bang when they try to take you out with a drone.
Of course it is fairly unlikely that some ordinary American or European, living in their home country, would be impacted directly like this - they would probably send a SWAT team round like the did to Dotcom - but you know the old saying - "first they came for the ... but I wasn't a ... "
Huh-nothing is really changing many countries have effectively only two parties. Certainly in the UK it has almost always been the case - Here is a song from Iolanthe (written towards the end of the 19th century):
From �Iolanthe�
PRIVATE WILLIS, on sentry duty in front of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.
SONG�WILLIS.
WHEN all night long a chap remains On sentry-go, to chase monotony He exercises of his brains, That is, assuming that he�s got any. Though never nurtured in the lap 5 Of luxury, yet I admonish you, I am an intellectual chap, And think of things that would astonish you. I often think it�s comical�Fal lal la! How Nature always does contrive�Fal lal la! 10 That every boy and every gal That�s born into the world alive, Is either a little Liberal, Or else a little Conservative! Fal lal la! 15
When in that House M. P.�s divide, If they�ve a brain and cerebellum, too, They�ve got to leave that brain outside, And vote just as their leaders tell �em to. But then the prospect of a lot 20 Of dull M. P.�s in close proximity, All thinking for themselves, is what No man can face with equanimity. Then let�s rejoice with loud Fal lal�Fal lal la! That Nature wisely does contrive�Fal lal la! 25 That every boy and every gal That�s born into the world alive, Is either a little Liberal, Or else a little Conservative! Fal lal la!
The UK Parliament did not admit anything. A select committee said so, but that report is not adopted by or approved by the Parliament as a whole.
True - but select committees are selected in a way that reflects the composition of the parliament as a whole so this is still way better than just a few (self appointed) MP's making a statement.
letters sent to suspected infringers must be "educational" in tone, "promoting an increase in awareness" of legal downloading services.
Why not instead send a letter to the ..AA's that is "educational" in tone, "promoting an increase in awareness" of ways to make money without being affected negatively by piracy.
DRM has become a technique to create a cartel/monopoly in the hardware market. It doesn't prevent copyright infringement (except the technical/casual kind which probably shouldn't be stopped anyway). Witness the availability of Torrents of just about anything.
However by mandating its use in hardware devices - and creating private standards bodies with a high cost of entry the incumbent players have locked out future competiton from start ups - especially software based ones where the cost of entry would otherwise have been low.
Actually he doesn't attack Christians. He once called me his "favourite Christian on the internet".
He attacks people who misunderstand what Christianity is about.
In this case the relevant text is from St Matthew's Gospel Ch 5:
"44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?"
Clearly implying that regardless of how much you may disapprove of what someone does denying service to them is not an option.
Yes, in short politicians have to accept that sometimes the rule of law, due process and fairness mean that we simply have to take the hit of terrorism. If you think rationally it isn't a big hit. After all the entire history of international terrorism has claimed fewer lives (worldwide) than one year of road deaths in the US alone.
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AC just hates it when so called enforcement turns out to be a scam!
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How is this different
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I checked the voting records - you are wrong they have voted consistently the right way on those issues.
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Seriously
An ordinary citizen who had been similarly "wronged" would not be able to call down the legions of policemen in his cause.
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It is a fact that UKIP have zero chance of any significant representation in the House of Commons (where they might be dangerous). However they are well represented in the European parliament (ironically) because of the voting system. Now the European parliament has zero influence on any of the issues where UKIP policies are bad - but has significant influence over copyrights and patents - where UKIP has consistently had better policies than the thre main parties. So I don't worry about their bad policies when voting in the european elections. I would never vote for them in a UK parliament election though.
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Oddly enough UKIP has some good policies (and/or has voted sensibly in the european parliament) on patents, drug legalisation and copyright.
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Not so much a failure of cost benefit analysis
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I don't think that's how they work - from what Hayden is saying it seems that the first you whould know of it would be a loud bang when they try to take you out with a drone.
Of course it is fairly unlikely that some ordinary American or European, living in their home country, would be impacted directly like this - they would probably send a SWAT team round like the did to Dotcom - but you know the old saying - "first they came for the ... but I wasn't a ... "
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Congress
On a par with the British House of Lords then...
"When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
As every child can tell,
The House of Peers, throughout the war,
Did nothing in particular,
And did it very well"
W.S. Gilbert
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True - but select committees are selected in a way that reflects the composition of the parliament as a whole so this is still way better than just a few (self appointed) MP's making a statement.
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How's about
letters sent to suspected infringers must be "educational" in tone, "promoting an increase in awareness" of legal downloading services.
Why not instead send a letter to the ..AA's that is "educational" in tone, "promoting an increase in awareness" of ways to make money without being affected negatively by piracy.
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What credibility?
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Hardware
However by mandating its use in hardware devices - and creating private standards bodies with a high cost of entry the incumbent players have locked out future competiton from start ups - especially software based ones where the cost of entry would otherwise have been low.
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The US refused to join the international criminal court.
Now we know why.
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He attacks people who misunderstand what Christianity is about.
In this case the relevant text is from St Matthew's Gospel Ch 5:
"44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?"
Clearly implying that regardless of how much you may disapprove of what someone does denying service to them is not an option.
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